Share lists of dead, absent voters, poll panel tells CEOs of SIR-bound states

The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday directed all the chief electoral officers (CEOs) of nine states and three union territories where special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is currently going on, to share booth-wise lists of electors marked as absent, shifted or dead/duplicate (ASD), who could not be contacted.

Those listed should be the ones who could not be contracted even after three or more visits by booth-level officers (BLOs), with booth-level agents (BLAs) nominated by district presidents of political parties prior to the publication of the draft electoral rolls as was done during the Bihar SIR.

Accordingly, nearly 5 lakh BLOs of the nine states and three union territories will hold booth-wise meetings with more than 12 lakh BLAs of political parties and hand over the lists to them. This is to ascertain the exact status of each such elector on the list so that any error can be rectified before the publication of the draft rolls, official sources said.

On publication of the draft rolls, as was done during the Bihar SIR, booth-wise/assembly-wise/district-wise ASD lists in the 12 states and UTs will be made available on the websites of the respective DEOs/DMs (district-wise) as well as on the CEO website and this will also be available in an EPIC-searchable mode, the sources said.